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Gun measure among bills vetoed by Arizona governor
Gov. Jan Brewer has finished poring over bills passed during the Legislature's regular session, approving more than 350 and vetoing nearly 30, including a measure that would have let people carry guns into most government buildings that have no armed guards or metal detectors in place.
Brewer vetoes bill on guns in government buildings
Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry guns into most government buildings that don't have armed guards or metal detectors in place.
Brewer vetoes bill on county personnel changes
A bill vetoed Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday would have changed the county personnel systems across Arizona except for Maricopa County.
Brewer vetoes bill for business property tax break
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill to create a property tax break for businesses that qualify by making new investments and creating jobs.
Brewer signs Arizona bill on right to jury trial
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a drunken-driving bill that ends misdemeanor DUI defendants' automatic right to a jury trial for a first offense and eases potential penalties those offenders face.
Brewer vetoes bill proposing changes to Sept. 11 memorial
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have required removal of some inscription panels from Arizona's Sept. 11 memorial.
Brewer signs bill on public workers’ pensions
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill to change Arizona's four public employee retirement systems.
Brewer signs bill authorizing Ariz. border fence
A bill signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer authorizes her or a successor to erect a security fence along Arizona's portion of the U.S.-Mexico border, either in a compact with other states or by itself.
Brewer: Comments ran 2-to-1 against interstate insurance bill
Gov. Jan Brewer's office says recent public comments received about a health insurance bill that she vetoed Thursday ran more than 2-to-1 against the measure.
Brewer signs tea party license plate bill
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed bills approving 11 new special license plates, including one to commemorate the tea party and send donations toward the movement.
Adding STO expansion to tax fix bill backfires, draws veto
Reeling from a veto in early April of a bill that would have dramatically expanded a tax credit program for private school scholarships, pro-school-choice legislators deleted the provisions Gov. Jan Brewer cited in her veto message.
Builders, cities finally agree on impact fees
Late last year, the city of Mesa won a hard-fought court case over its use of impact fees to pay for cultural facilities, a use that homebuilders and others howled was an egregious abuse of the law allowing municipalities to impose a fee on new development so that growth pays for itself.
